Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Simply; not relatively; not in a certain respect merely, but in the full sense of the word modified.

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  • adverb Simply, absolutely; without any qualification or condition.

Etymologies

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From the Latin simpliciter ("simply”, “plainly"), from simplex ("simple").

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Examples

  • But, again, delegation simpliciter is certainly neither “high” nor crime nor constitutional magnitude misdemeanour.

    Balkinization 2007

  • But none of these, simpliciter, is either high crime or misdemeanour.

    Balkinization 2007

  • In short, the objective sun would be identified with the idea simpliciter:

    Descartes' Theory of Ideas Pessin, Andrew 2007

  • From now on, we are therefore talking of impossible worlds simpliciter, meaning worlds that are not possible with respect to an unrestricted notion of possibility, however this is further characterized.

    Impossible Worlds Berto, Francesco 2009

  • Gilsons 'specific theism adds P3, again there is no necessary requirement from it from theism simpliciter which is just P4 (and for Gilson not just any god will do so he requires another premise but that is not substantive to the logic here).

    Planet Atheism 2009

  • That is, if the CIA operates drone strikes against a target in Somalia, for example, it might apply the self-defense rationale and say that it is not an armed conflict, and is instead an act of self-defense simpliciter.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare, the CIA, and Charlie Savage’s NYT Article 2010

  • Uses of force, including drone strikes, go where the targets go, whether within the existing zone of hostilities or elsewhere, but those uses of force might or might not — depending on the level and extent of hostilities — constitute armed conflict; a drone strike might be a self-defense action simpliciter.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » My House Testimony in “Drones II” 2010

  • Optimal free-trade areas haven't had a lot of attention lately from economists most of whom believe in free trade simpliciter as the best option, but optimal currency areas are a reasonably well-developed concept, the key thinker here being Robert Mundell of Columbia University.

    Ian Fletcher: Why Have Nations at All? The Case for Economic Borders Ian Fletcher 2011

  • Optimal free-trade areas haven't had a lot of attention lately from economists most of whom believe in free trade simpliciter as the best option, but optimal currency areas are a reasonably well-developed concept, the key thinker here being Robert Mundell of Columbia University.

    Ian Fletcher: Why Have Nations at All? The Case for Economic Borders Ian Fletcher 2011

  • Uses of force, including drone strikes, go where the targets go, whether within the existing zone of hostilities or elsewhere, but those uses of force might or might not — depending on the level and extent of hostilities — constitute armed conflict; a drone strike might be a self-defense action simpliciter.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » My House Testimony in “Drones II” 2010

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